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"After three days of historic Supreme Court debate, the political world and health-care companies confronted the prospect of President Barack Obama's health law being wiped away, a decision that would upend years of planning by businesses and roil the November elections.
Companies facing the law's requirements would be reprieved, including health firms set to pay new taxes and businesses that would have been required to insure their employees or pay a fee.
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Should it be "are required to insure" instead of "would have been required to insure"? The requirement is to insure employees is a current situation, not a hypothetical situation.
"After three days of historic Supreme Court debate, the political world and health-care companies confronted the prospect of President Barack Obama's health law being wiped away, a decision that would upend years of planning by businesses and roil the November elections.
Companies facing the law's requirements would be reprieved, including health firms set to pay new taxes and businesses that would have been required to insure their employees or pay a fee.
"
Should it be "are required to insure" instead of "would have been required to insure"? The requirement is to insure employees is a current situation, not a hypothetical situation.
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Companies facing the law's requirements would be reprieved, including health firms set to pay new taxes and businesses that would have been required to insure their employees or pay a fee. " Should it be "are required to insure" instead of " would have been required to insure"? The requirement is to insure employees is a current situation, not a hypothetical situation.
- Companies facing the law's requirements would be reprieved, including health firms set to pay new taxes and businesses that would have been required to insure their employees or pay a fee.
- " Should it be "are required to insure" instead of " would have been required to insure"?
- The requirement is to insure employees is a current situation, not a hypothetical situation.
- It is not a present condition.
- Companies are presently not required to insure their employees.
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Companies facing the law's requirements would be reprieved, including health firms set to pay new taxes and businesses that would have been required to insure their employees or pay a fee.
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Should it be "are required to insure" instead of "would have been required to insure"? The requirement is to
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Should it be "are required to insure" instead of "would have been required to insure"? The requirement is to
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